What is the meaning of faith?

 

How can we believe in something that doesn't appear to be tangible?

 

Does science prove that there is no God?

 

Well in fact in doesn't. Many eminent scientists are concluding that science doesn't provide all the answers. A lot of these great minds practice a faith of one sort or another as well. As science provides an answer to one question more questions seem to arise.

 

What is the meaning of faith?

 

If science cannot provide answers then perhaps the answers can only come from God. How we view god and how we choose to live our lives through God is obviously down to each individual but there is becoming almost indisputable evidence that God does exist.

 

I was reading a fantastic article today which outlines just a few unanswered questions by science. It was great in the fact it managed to keep the science understandable to a layman like me. I shall try to create the simplicity myself.

 

The Probability of Random Cell Formation

If cells were not deliberately formed with some kind of order or structure then the first living cell would have been randomly formed. Some clever bod has worked out the probability of this being 1 in 10^840. Considering 1 in 10^50 is considered zero in the probability stakes I would suggest you can put your calculators away at this point.

 

Cells and Proteins

Living cells are made up with thousands of complex proteins. A protein molecule consists of 288 amino acids. With there being 12 different types of amino acids it is possible to arrange these in 10,300 different ways. Only one way is right. That is a jigsaw puzzle of the highest extreme with a probability factor of 1 in 10^300 just to form the one protein molecule. You're probably getting the picture by numbers by now.

 

Chicken or the Egg

A living cell requires enzymes to exist and enzymes cannot be present without the presence a living cell. So which came first? No complicated maths to support this point.

 

The Big Bang Theory

For those that are not aware of this theory which is supposed to be backed by much scientific evidence, the planets, galaxies and universe were created from one single point; from an object or atom with infinite density and virtually zero volume. So the questions are, where did that object come from and how was the explosion created?

I dare say that somebody will explain that the splitting of the atom by nuclear fusion or fission caused this colossus explosion but what was the chain of events that lead to this?

 

Material in Space

Believe it or not but space is not hollow. Scientists explain that the vast gaps in the universe are filled with a transparent material. Yet the universe is expanding at an incomprehensible rate. How is this transparent material generated to keep filling in the gaps in the universe as it expands?

 

Coincidence

Back to earth now with a biology lesson. If all life forms were created in the male form this could be considered a coincidence. Likewise, if we were all created in the female form this would be considered coincidence also. Coincidence brings about individual elements but can coincidence create males and females with suited reproductive organs and package it in a fully functional system?

 

Hopefully the science and mathematics bit hasn't blown your head away. The point is that science doesn't provide all the answers therefore is it logical to conclude that only God can?

 

Believing in God means that we can have faith; faith that as our creator he wishes us no harm. As a parent, therefore creator of life myself, I would never wish ill on my children therefore thinking as a human being, God wants to look after all his children likewise.

 

How fantastic is that?

 

Terry Norrington